Again, that *has* to be incorrect, because there were MANY empty seats in the upper section-- the upper section does not have access to these "bar's and lounges".. trust me

No... but the upper levels have access to the restaurant with a better view of the game and good food. At the Prudential Center you cannot go by the 'empty seats' like back in the day of CAA. The Prudential Center you can watch the game from the restaurant and also watch it from the lower concourse from behind the goal opposite of the goal bar. I believe it when they say it is sold out and tickets were purchased. It is nice to see Game 1 of Round 1 sold out.

After years of hearing all the crap about how we never sell out in the first round or two ... The place looked filled up for the most part ... if the media wants to say we were sold out let them. It's better then hearing about all the empty seats during our playoff runs at the old CAA. More importantly the players liked the feel of the place and the crowd reactions.

We all knew that a major key to beating the Canes was staying out of the box. The Devils did exactly that for most of the game last night and were able to win. As the game wore on it looked like the Canes were diving more and more, so kudos to the refs for not falling for it. The discipline needs to be maintained for the Devils to have a shot at winning this series. Great start.

As for the attendance, I was as surprised as anyone that the game was a sellout ... there were definitely small chunks of empty seats scattered around the arena. But the key is that the balconies and center ice-mezzanine seats were fairly full. If those seats sell, then a sellout isn't as surprising anymore.

No... but the upper levels have access to the restaurant with a better view of the game and good food. At the Prudential Center you cannot go by the 'empty seats' like back in the day of CAA. The Prudential Center you can watch the game from the restaurant and also watch it from the lower concourse from behind the goal opposite of the goal bar. I believe it when they say it is sold out and tickets were purchased. It is nice to see Game 1 of Round 1 sold out.

I seriously doubt there were half-section worth of people in the restaurant. Again, it was an AWESOME crowd, intense and loud-- it may have been "sold out", but it was not of 100% capacity

I tend to think so, but I also think Carolina is a better team than what we saw last night. I expect a much tougher game tomorrow.

Precisely! This series is far from over. All we have proved (thus'far) is we can win as many playoff games as we won last year.Devil fans... Do not judge the Hurricanes by the slop they put out on the ice last night!